Another perfect day for a birthday party! That marks 5 years in a row of GORGEOUS weather the weekend after her birthday. Seriously, we have been SO lucky! Especially because I am guest list challenged and we usually end up with more people than what could fit in my house:)
The birthday girl was SOOO anxious for the guests to arrive ALL day!
Thankfully she had her cousins to keep her busy until the party started
Goof balls
Alex LOVES Madison!!
Testing out "Walk the Plank" the day before the party. I actually thought this was kind of lame, but she was really excited about it once I started putting it out and wanted to help me make it so I went with it. As a side note, in person this looked HORRIBLE. Ha!! The shark fins kept falling over in the wind and you see that crepe paper around them? That's to hide the duct tape. Lol.
This is her
best pirate
imitation.
Ha ha! We even had Alex doing it by the end of the day.
"Helping" me make crabs for the party too....
And here are the invites..... I "may" have ended up making 2 different ones because my invite list was, well, 35 invitations and I didn't quite have enough of either kind of paper for them all so I had a little fun with both of them.
Can't believe she's 5?!?!
The party favors. I already had the chest for this and those cute little pails, so I actually only spent money on the things inside the bags..... chocolate coins, gummy worms, life savers, salt water taffy, mermaid stickers, eye patches, beads and some rings.
These two honeys came dressed as the CUTEST little mermaids. Love these sweet friends!
Goldfish in a bucket
Shark teeth.....aka Doritos
Dinglehoppers - when I showed Makenna this she had no idea what a dinglehopper was. She clearly needs to watch Little Mermaid one more time....
Seaweed (spinach artichoke) dip
Family pic.....minus daddy - where is he anyway?
Seaweed Grapes - found this on pinterest and Grandma offered to make them - super cute!
Ocean Tide pasta salad, courtesy of Auntie Sarah. You can't tell from the picture - but the pasta was all ocean shaped - fish, octopus, etc. Super cute! Thanks Sarah!
Blue fruit dip and strawberries courtesy of Ms. Amy
Starfish Sandwiches - thanks Auntie Amy for making these!!
I find that with 35 kids, some sort of a craft isn't a bad idea. So I bought a bag of white seashells at Michaels, threw a few markers on the table and made a little sign for it.
The kids loved it!
A better picture of Blake's cute dress.
Because sometimes, you have to let the birthday girl pick out her own cake....even if it has no correlation to the party theme she asked for. And sometimes you have to look past the misspelling on the cake as well. Oh well. She didn't seem to care as long as she got a piece with all the colors on it.
She's only pretending to blow here..... Grandma got her some super cute candles but they didn't light in the wind. Oh well.
Daddy's spread for the guests.
My usual water bottles...
No party would be complete at our house without Great Grandma Busch's sugar cookie recipe - made into beach balls and starfish.
More of the treat table. I especially liked the puffer fish!
More treat bags and a shell from Cookie Beek
An Ariel picture Makenna had in her room.
This picture is my favorite from the day..... love the smile on her face and the smile in the background on daddy's face.
Happy 5th birthday Kenna Girl! Mama had so much fun planning your party again this year. We are so blessed to have so many friends, family and neighbors that could come to celebrate with us!!
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